A History of Lawsuits and Class Actions Against McDonald’s
Ever since the fast-food giant’s founding in 1940, McDonald’s has faced numerous lawsuits and class actions from injured consumers, accessibility activists, laborers from the farms where McDonald’s sources its ingredients, franchisees who faced discrimination, and many others. The full extent of McDonald’s legal history in the U.S. and beyond could fill textbooks. However, some of […]
27 More Black Ex-Franchisees Join Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against McDonald’s
MIAMI, Nov. 18, 2020 – Twenty-seven new plaintiffs, all former Black McDonald’s franchisees, joined an ongoing federal lawsuit against the fast-food chain claiming the company engaged in systemic discrimination and denied them the same opportunities as White franchisees. The new amended complaint now has 77 named plaintiffs in the lawsuit originally filed by 52 Black former franchisees on Sept. […]
Class Action Lawsuit filed Against McDonald’s on Behalf of Current Black Franchisees Seeking to Erase Systemic Racism
MIAMI , Oct. 29, 2020 – A federal civil rights class action lawsuit was filed today on behalf of current McDonald’s Black franchisees who desire to …
We Are Holding McDonald’s Accountable for Racial Discrimination
On Monday, August 31, 2020, The Ferraro Law Firm filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of 52 former Black McDonald’s franchisees alleging racial …
More than 50 Former Black Franchisees Sue McDonald’s for Economic Injustice Due to Decades of Racial Discrimination
Former Black McDonald’s franchise owners filed a federal lawsuit today demanding economic justice from McDonald’s for denying them the same …
